Skype for Business Comparison Chart
Feature |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
Clients for Skype for Business Online |
|
|
|
Skype for Business Full |
No |
No |
No |
Skype for Business Basic |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Lync 2013 Basic |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Skype for Business Windows Store app |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Lync for Mac 2011 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Skype for Business mobile clients |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Skype for Business Web App |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Instant Messaging, Presence, and Contacts |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
PC-to-PC IM and Presence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Multiparty IM and Presence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Contact Card Configuration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
My Picture Configuration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
My Picture: URL Photo Experience |
Yes |
No |
No |
Contact List Configuration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Unified Contact Store |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Address Book Search |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Distribution List Expansion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Persistent Chat |
Yes |
No |
No |
Photos of Sender/Receiver |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Skype-to-Skype Audio, Video, and Media |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
Desktop sharing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Application sharing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
File transfers |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Voice |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Video |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Media path optimization |
Yes |
No |
No |
Network Quality of Service (QoS) - Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Video-based screen sharing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Federation and Public IM Connectivity |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
Office Communications Server 2007 R2 and Lync Server 2010 (IM, Presence, Audio, Video, Conferencing) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
XMPP (used by Google Talk, for example) and Sametime federation |
Yes |
No |
No |
Skype federation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
AOL and Yahoo! federation |
Yes |
No |
No |
Skype for Business Online Meetings |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
Ad Hoc and Schedule Audio Conferencing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Ad Hoc and Schedule Video Conferencing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Active Speaker Video |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
H.264 Encoding and Decoding |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Multiparty Video |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
High Definition Video or Pictures of All Attendees |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Presenter Controls |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Participant Selected View |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
OneNote Sharing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Ad Hoc and Schedule Web Conferencing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Dial-in Audio Conferencing via Certified Audio Conferencing Provider (ACP) |
No |
No |
Yes |
PowerPoint Sharing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Whiteboard and Annotations |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
PowerPoint Upload |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Polling |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Client-Side Recording and Playback |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Server-Side Recording and Playback |
No |
No |
No |
Meeting Lobby |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Guest Access to Skype for Business Meetings with Skype for Business Web App |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Schedule Skype for Business Meetings in Outlook |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Schedule Skype for Business Meetings in Outlook on Behalf of Others (Delegation) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Schedule Skype for Business Meetings with Web Scheduler |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Schedule Online Meetings in Outlook Web App |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Outlook Delegation for Scheduling Meetings |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Create public meetings with static meeting IDs from Outlook |
Yes |
No |
No |
Security and Archiving |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
IM and Media Encryption |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
IM and File Filtering |
Yes |
No |
No |
Client Version Control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
IM Content Archiving |
Yes |
No |
No |
Conference Content Archiving |
Yes |
No |
No |
Application Sharing, and Desktop Sharing Archiving |
Yes |
No |
No |
User Level Archiving Configuration |
Yes |
No |
No |
Login Trace Files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Exchange and SharePoint Interoperability |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
Presence Interoperability with Exchange Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Presence Interoperability with Exchange Online |
Yes |
Yes5 |
Yes |
Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Server |
Yes |
No |
No |
Unified Messaging interoperability with Exchange Online |
Yes |
No |
No |
Outlook Web App interoperability |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Archiving interoperability with Exchange Server |
Yes |
No |
No |
Archiving interoperability with Exchange Online |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Skill Search with SharePoint Server |
Yes |
No |
No |
Skill Search with SharePoint Online |
No |
No |
No |
Skype for Business Online Administration and Management |
Skype for Business Server 2015 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 1 |
Skype for Business Online Standalone Plan 2 |
Microsoft Office 365 portal |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Microsoft Office 365 admin center |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Skype for Business admin center |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows PowerShell |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Skype for Business Online reporting in Office 365 admin center |
No |
No |
No |